Sun Wan

Biography:

Professor Oh Rena earned her PhD in Chemistry from Seoul National University, South Korea, in 2021. Following her doctoral studies, she continued her research as a postdoctoral researcher at the same institution, focusing on materials science. Currently, she is an Associate Professor in the School of Energy and Power Engineering at Chongqing University. Her expertise lies in electrochemical energy conversion, particularly in CO2 hydrogenation and redox flow batteries (RFBs). Her research primarily centers on mechanistic investigations and systematic studies of reaction processes.

Education Background:

June 2024: Joined the School of Energy and Power Engineering at Chongqing University as an Associate Professor.

2021 – 2023: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, with co-mentor Professor Kitae Nam.

June 2018 – November 2018: Joint Training at Cardiff University, UK, in Physical Chemistry, under the supervision of Professor Graham Hutchings.

2014 – 2021: PhD in Physical Chemistry, Seoul National University, under the supervision of Professor Seong Keun Kim.

2010 – 2014: Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Seoul National University.

Research Interests:

Professor Oh Rena’s research primarily focuses on the systematic development of reaction processes for converting carbon dioxide into valuable molecules, including catalysis and synthetic chemistry. Additionally, she investigates the thermocatalytic/electrocatalytic oxidation reactions of alcohols and aldehydes generated from biomass or environmental pollutants, using in situ characterization and atomic-resolution electron microscopy techniques. Her work aims to establish the relationship between the microstructure of metal-based catalysts and their catalytic behavior in photochemical, thermochemical, and electrocatalytic transformations. She is also engaged in the cutting-edge research on the assembly and testing of novel redox flow batteries. To date, she has published over 20 SCIE papers in journals such as JACS, Nature Communications, ACS Catalysis, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, and Chemical Engineering Journal.

Research Grants：

I am currently leading the New Chongqing Funding - Outstanding Young Talent Project and the Chongqing University Research Start-up Program.

Selected Publications：

Journal Papers:

1. Oh, Rena, Xiaoyang Huang, James Hayward, Yanping Zheng, Mingshu Chen, Gyeong-Su Park, Graham Hutchings, and Seong Keun Kim. Insights into CeO₂ particle size dependent selectivity control for CO₂ hydrogenation using Co/CeO₂ catalysts. ACS Catalysis 14, 897-906 (2024).

2. Liang, Yu, Jieting He, Yurong An, Jiaxing Zhang, Gyeong-Su Park, Liang Zhao, Rena Oh, Xiaoyang Huang, Jinxiang Dong, and Lei Liu. "Boosting selective hydrogenation of α, β-unsaturated aldehydes through constructing independent Pt and Fe active sites on support." Chemical Engineering Journal, 484, 149670 (2024).

3. Wei Yan, Guang Li, Shuangshuang Cui, Gyeong-Su Park, Rena Oh, Weixin Chen, Xiaoyang Cheng, Jun-Ming Zhang, Weize Li, Li-Fei Ji, Ouardia Akdim, Xiaoyang Huang, Haixin Lin, Jian Yang, Yan-Xia Jiang, Shi-Gang Sun. Ga-Modification Near-Surface Composition of Pt-Ga/C Catalyst Facilitates High-Efficiency Electrochemical Ethanol Oxidation through a C2 Intermediate. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 17220–17231 (2023)

4. Rena Oh, Xiaoyang Huang, Xiuyuan Lu, Chunhui Chen, Yao-Yin Lou, Lili Geng, Xiang Zhang, Delin Du, Jianjun Li, Wei Yan, Gyeong-Su Park, Ouardia Akdim, Seong Keun Kim, Shi-Gang Sun. Enhanced Alcohol Electrochemical Oxidation by Using an Environmentally Friendly Xanthan Gum Binder. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng.11, 11681–11692 (2023).

5. Lv, Jiawei, Jeong Hyun Han, Geonho Han, Seongmin An, Seung Ju Kim, Ryeong Myeong Kim, Jung‐El Ryu, Rena Oh, Hyuckjin Choi, In Han Ha, Yoon Ho Lee, Minje Kim, Gyeong-Su Park, Ho Won Jang, Junsang Doh, Junil Choi & Ki Tae Nam. Spatiotemporally modulated full-polarized light emission for multiplexed optical encryption. Nature Communications, 15, 8257 (2024).

Conferences:

13^th Natural Gas Conversion Symposium, Best Poster Award, 21-25 April 2024, Xiamen, China